Movie Theater Popcorn In New York City, Ranked | Defector

Movie Theater Popcorn In New York City, Ranked

Tom Cruise and I have one thing in common: We both love eating popcorn at the movies.

Tom Cruise and I have one thing in common: We both love eating popcorn at the movies.

Rarely do I go more than two weeks in New York City without seeing a movie, whether it's a new release or a screening of something old. Usually, the experience feels incomplete without a whole lot of popcorn, often all for myself.

Over the years, as I've become a repeated customer at film spots around the city, I've built up some knowledge, and some taste, and some routines. Over the past year, I've kept notes on my experiences, trying to get a thing of popcorn at least once from every theater I go to.

Author's summary: Ranking movie theater popcorn in NYC.

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